Manager, Workday Compensation & Talent

The role

The Manager, Workday Compensation & Talent is the functional owner and subject matter expert for Workday Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, and Talent. This role leads configuration, system enhancements, testing, and continuous improvement for these modules.

What you will do

• Own and optimize Workday Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, and Talent modules and related business processes.
• Partner with Compensation, Talent, HR, and HRIS leaders to translate business requirements into Workday solutions.
• Lead configuration and support for compensation plans, programs and cycles.
• Lead configuration and support for Performance Management and Talent processes.
• Provide functional expertise on Workday business processes, configuration, security, and system design.
• Manage Workday biannual releases, including impact assessment, regression testing, and stakeholder coordination.
• Establish configuration, testing, documentation, deployment, and control standards.
• Troubleshoot complex system and process issues.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, automate, and optimize Workday processes.
• Act as the functional decision-maker for configuration and design choices across specified Workday modules.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Information Systems, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in HRIS or HR technology
• At least 3+ years of hands-on Workday Compensation and Talent configuration experience
• Strong functional knowledge of Workday Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, and Talent
• Proven experience managing Workday release cycles
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Compensation, Talent, HR, and HRIS teams
• Advanced experience configuring Workday Core Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Performance Management, and Talent modules
• Strong expertise in Workday Business Processes, condition rules, calculated fields, and configuration
• Solid understanding of Workday security and domain access across Compensation and Talent
• Strong Excel and analytical skills for reporting, analysis, and troubleshooting
• English

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave after three (3) months of employment
• Paid time off policy including vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives and peer-to-peer recognition programs

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
• Participation in the E-Verify program
• Required to complete the Form I-9 process

About the company

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating and, one day, curing life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company is advancing the next generation of cell therapy.